The Western Railway Deviation Scheme
Yesterday afternoon the Public Works Committee decided that, for the present at all events, the proposal to deviate the Western line in order to avoid the steeper…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
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The Condition of the Railway Lines
Dr. Ross asked the Colonial Treasurer a number of questions in the Assembly yesterday with reference to the discharge of fettlers from the railway lines on the ground of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Footscray Railway Accident
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The board appointed to inquire into the railway accident which happened at West Footscray yesterday commenced an inquiry to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wyalong Goldfield. Awaiting the Crushings. Typhoid in the Gamp, the Railway and Its Justification
BARMEDMAN, Thursday.--The influx to the Wyalong goldfield has now decreased to about 50 per day, not counting those returning. Great numbers have now left, chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bridge Over the River The Granville Road Difficulty
Several mutters in connection with the Roschill line were discussed at the meeting of the Granville Council on Wednesday evening The following letters received:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tower Bridge
Just at the present moment, when the growth of the ferry traffic between the city and North Sydney 18 claiming attention, and accidents to ferry boats are becoming unpleasantly numerous, the illustrations…
Continued on Trove, page 695 →The New Victoria Bridge
BRIBANE, Friday.--The Victoria Bridge Board has decided lo accept tho lender of John M'Cormick, £92.952, for the piers and superstructure of the New Victoria Bridge ;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Bridge at Liverpool
On Monday afternoon the new bridge over George's River at Liverpool was formally opened by Mr. Lyne, Minister for Works, in the presence of a large gathering of residents of Liverpool and the…
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The contractors for the bridge over South Creek have started work and some thirty planks have been put down. The timber is of the best description and ought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputations. Road at Enfield
Yesterday a deputation consisting of Messrs. J. H. Carruthers, Bavister, and M'Credie, Ms. L.A., the Mayor and aldermen of the Enfield Borough Council, waited on the Minister for Lands, and asked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bridge-street Affray. Sentenced to Death
THE trial of Charles Montgomery and Thomas Williams on a charge of feloniously wounding Constable Frederick Leopold Bowden with intent to murder him was concluded at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Ryde Council. Sanitation-ROAD Metal Contract
At Friday’s meeting there were present—the Mayor (Ald. Jordan), Aldermen Betts. Forsyth, Hibble, Pidding and Worthington. The Mayor moved, “That the Finance…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Rosehill-Dural Railway. The Bridge over Parramatta River. a Street Interfered With. Discussion in the Granville Council
At the Granville Council on Wednesday evening a letter was read from the Ermirgton and Rydalmere Council as follows: “My Council note that yours is impressed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bridge-street Affray. Sentence of Death Passed
In the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen, Charles Montgomery and Thomas "Williams were indicted on a charge of having, early on the morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Left in a Train. Disposing of a Baby
WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--A female infant about three mouths old was found secreted under the seat in a second-class railway carriage compartment on the arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traders' Railway Bates
The Railway Commissioners have resolved that firms doing business to the amounts of £70,000 per annum in railway freights shall be allowed up to three yearly tickets with a discount of 75 per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Queensland Railways. the Land Grant System
LONDON April 5. There is no indication that Sir Thomas M'llwraith has achieved any success in his negotiations with the land grant railway companies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Redactions. Feelings of the Men. Drivers Not Included in the 10 Per Cent. Reduction
The "time " reduction proposed by the Railway Commissioners has' occasioned a good deal of discussion among railway men, particularly those at the Eveleigh Workshops, where a, feeling of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrabri Moree Railway. the Gurleigh Point Route Not Under Water
From Wee Waa Mr. A. Hamilton, sen., wires us as follows: " I note report in the Narrabri HERALD of the 4th instant stating that Mr. Paul, of the Survey Department, found all the westerly route…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Railway Guard
Lawson, Saturday. A serious accident happened yesterday evening at Hazelbrook to the assistant guard of the passenger train to Mount Victoria. John Miller. While the train was just…
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